In Days Gone By
1950's & 60's - a letter to the Millennials and Generation Z22 total reviews
Comment from Ricky1024
Coming home from,school and off to play..
On vike..
Home by dinner ...
No call phone to spy...
Playing football t a tear came from your Eye!
G.I.JOE WAS OKAY TO PLAY BUT BARBIE WAS A BIG NO NO !
CATCHING LIGHTNING BUGS TIL THE MASON JAR FLOWED.
DAVY CROCKET AND DANIEL BOONE!
PLAY IT ON THE BLACK AND WHITE IN THE LIVING ROOM.
The Wondwrful,World of Disney on Sunday Night.
Off to the amusement part in Blackwood and the lake in Almenesson.
Lessens where you could by feed and gardening tools...
Off camping in the woods of doom!
Rooted Hill,which broke many a sled and contracting Poison Sumack instead@
Collecting turtles and snakes..
Caught them by the gold golf Course Lake!.
My first movie ...
(All alone)
Jason and the Argonaunts...
Greek Mythology!
Third grade (Jared it) Seventh Grade loved...
Miss Ma's what ever happened to Tou?"
Feel,hard for her but she lost her husband in Nam!.
Snow drifts over the roof !!
Washed it down,with Mom's Goulash Soup!
No need to lock the door..
No drugs replaced with O I Love You and a lift a hugs!
Thanks well written
RICKY1024
reply by the author on 23-Jul-2016
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Coming home from,school and off to play..
On vike..
Home by dinner ...
No call phone to spy...
Playing football t a tear came from your Eye!
G.I.JOE WAS OKAY TO PLAY BUT BARBIE WAS A BIG NO NO !
CATCHING LIGHTNING BUGS TIL THE MASON JAR FLOWED.
DAVY CROCKET AND DANIEL BOONE!
PLAY IT ON THE BLACK AND WHITE IN THE LIVING ROOM.
The Wondwrful,World of Disney on Sunday Night.
Off to the amusement part in Blackwood and the lake in Almenesson.
Lessens where you could by feed and gardening tools...
Off camping in the woods of doom!
Rooted Hill,which broke many a sled and contracting Poison Sumack instead@
Collecting turtles and snakes..
Caught them by the gold golf Course Lake!.
My first movie ...
(All alone)
Jason and the Argonaunts...
Greek Mythology!
Third grade (Jared it) Seventh Grade loved...
Miss Ma's what ever happened to Tou?"
Feel,hard for her but she lost her husband in Nam!.
Snow drifts over the roof !!
Washed it down,with Mom's Goulash Soup!
No need to lock the door..
No drugs replaced with O I Love You and a lift a hugs!
Thanks well written
RICKY1024
Comment Written 23-Jul-2016
reply by the author on 23-Jul-2016
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Oh Rick, you should have posted this one as an essay - it's great! :)) Thank you!
Comment from dejohnsrld (Debbie)
A wonderfully written piece, my friend. I refuse to be run by all of the technological gadgets. I steadfastly refuse to text, chat or tweet. I don't answer my phone most of the time and call people back when it is c for me. I refuse to take my phone outside as when I'm outside, I'm not home. We have gained a lot with technology, but I feel we have lost even more. Thank you for expressing my views, my friend~Debbie
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A wonderfully written piece, my friend. I refuse to be run by all of the technological gadgets. I steadfastly refuse to text, chat or tweet. I don't answer my phone most of the time and call people back when it is c for me. I refuse to take my phone outside as when I'm outside, I'm not home. We have gained a lot with technology, but I feel we have lost even more. Thank you for expressing my views, my friend~Debbie
Comment Written 20-Jul-2016
Comment from djsaxon
At first glance a seemingly random collection of images, but it all comes together in a potent whole. Lovely. I have read it several times and keep discovering more. Strangely I guess, I didn't play the music. Just wanted to spend some quiet time with the text. DJ
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At first glance a seemingly random collection of images, but it all comes together in a potent whole. Lovely. I have read it several times and keep discovering more. Strangely I guess, I didn't play the music. Just wanted to spend some quiet time with the text. DJ
Comment Written 20-Jul-2016
Comment from BeasPeas
This is really a good write, Dawn. I loved the nostalgia of it. You reminded me of the innocence and how much we appreciated the simple joys of life. Thank you for that. I enjoyed reading it. Marilyn
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This is really a good write, Dawn. I loved the nostalgia of it. You reminded me of the innocence and how much we appreciated the simple joys of life. Thank you for that. I enjoyed reading it. Marilyn
Comment Written 19-Jul-2016
Comment from royowen
I remember all these events, thy bind common ties, memories that will never truly die Dawn. There's not on character here that I don't, all of them favourites in there own right. I'm so happy you posted this, it brought back very many wonderful memories. The videos are much appreciated, well done.Dawn, blessings. Roy
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I remember all these events, thy bind common ties, memories that will never truly die Dawn. There's not on character here that I don't, all of them favourites in there own right. I'm so happy you posted this, it brought back very many wonderful memories. The videos are much appreciated, well done.Dawn, blessings. Roy
Comment Written 19-Jul-2016
Comment from Gloria ....
Excellent trip down memory lane, Dawn. I remember some of these things and especially double-dutch skipping and marbles. and of course etch-a-sketch which really ticked me off when I spent hour upon hour refusing to believe I couldn't get it draw a circle. HAAA.
But I do like all the new fangled stuff too as long as it's in moderation.
Lots of fun with one. Shall we do the moon walk?
Gloria
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Excellent trip down memory lane, Dawn. I remember some of these things and especially double-dutch skipping and marbles. and of course etch-a-sketch which really ticked me off when I spent hour upon hour refusing to believe I couldn't get it draw a circle. HAAA.
But I do like all the new fangled stuff too as long as it's in moderation.
Lots of fun with one. Shall we do the moon walk?
Gloria
Comment Written 18-Jul-2016
Comment from giraffmang
Hi Dawn,
brilliant piece this. not much more to say than that really. nostalgic, yes, rose0tinted? No, I think not.
You know we don't watch tv in our house. We craft, bake, play - my daughter will be 5 on Friday. What does she want?
Party - at the house - make candles, hop-scotch, musical chairs, pin the tail.
We can get it right. Put down the electronics, and pick up our children...
Love this
G
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Hi Dawn,
brilliant piece this. not much more to say than that really. nostalgic, yes, rose0tinted? No, I think not.
You know we don't watch tv in our house. We craft, bake, play - my daughter will be 5 on Friday. What does she want?
Party - at the house - make candles, hop-scotch, musical chairs, pin the tail.
We can get it right. Put down the electronics, and pick up our children...
Love this
G
Comment Written 18-Jul-2016
Comment from Jay Squires
Don't know why you didn't enter this in the Free Verse contest. Maybe it was just so special to me because we seemed to remember the same things--though I have some years on you.
Valentines you painstakingly addressed by hand. [And now you gotta give everyone a valentine, so no one feels left out. So much for the special one.]
Twenty-five cents for an allowance.
A Saturday matinee: [try to wrap your head around this: My dad was a cop, so all I had to do while my cousins waited in line was to go to the entrance and proudly say "officer's child" and I was in free. My 25 cents were all for treats!
Loved every minute of it!
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Don't know why you didn't enter this in the Free Verse contest. Maybe it was just so special to me because we seemed to remember the same things--though I have some years on you.
Valentines you painstakingly addressed by hand. [And now you gotta give everyone a valentine, so no one feels left out. So much for the special one.]
Twenty-five cents for an allowance.
A Saturday matinee: [try to wrap your head around this: My dad was a cop, so all I had to do while my cousins waited in line was to go to the entrance and proudly say "officer's child" and I was in free. My 25 cents were all for treats!
Loved every minute of it!
Comment Written 18-Jul-2016
Comment from Mary Wakeford
I loved the skip down memory lane ... your Canadian childhood was much like my American childhood. The only thing missed from your matinee experience were those tiny pop bottle shaped wax vials that contained flavored liquid, and fake cigarettes. :)
Just one little nit...Ginger Rogers wasn't Canadian and didn't carry a "D" in her last name, but maybe her cup size... :)
Very enjoyable and you're right...time does fly. I'm guilty of being tuned out to often and tuned in to FS :/
reply by the author on 18-Jul-2016
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I loved the skip down memory lane ... your Canadian childhood was much like my American childhood. The only thing missed from your matinee experience were those tiny pop bottle shaped wax vials that contained flavored liquid, and fake cigarettes. :)
Just one little nit...Ginger Rogers wasn't Canadian and didn't carry a "D" in her last name, but maybe her cup size... :)
Very enjoyable and you're right...time does fly. I'm guilty of being tuned out to often and tuned in to FS :/
Comment Written 18-Jul-2016
reply by the author on 18-Jul-2016
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Hahahaha - oh yeah, I'd forgotten those candies! But the 'assortment' was meant to include everything - remember those 'straws' with the tart sand-like crystals? (a bit like Freshie or Koolaide in a straw before adding the water)
Oh, Ginger wasn't the only American - the shows WERE mostly American - that was what we got on TV. LOL. My Dad (biological one) was responsible, with a partner, for bringing television to the North, believe it or not. In addition to being a pro musician, he was also big into electronics - it's what he did during the war. He and Freddie Lang partnered and our small town got the signal (or whatever the heck it is - LOL) so suddenly TV was available. (Yup, I'm that old.)It was a big deal. Freddie became a multi-millionaire but my Dad, as he did to my Mom, skipped town before he made his fortune. (Back to Toronto to play in some honkey-tonk bar - with the neighbor's wife.)
Yes, take my word for it - do NOT get too negligent about life off the net. I joked about friends giving up on me (going anywhere with them, etc.), but it's not funny anymore - I rarely leave the house! They don't even call a lot these days - it's FB or emails, which is fine for a while, but it should be balanced with actually seeing one another. Heck, even my cat took apart her carrier again, then sulked wen I scolded her. (NOT kidding - she hates when I spend too long on my laptop, and she claws at the screw thingie - eventually (weeks) it falls out. One of these days I am going to lose the darn thing, and it's a new carrier we haven't even used. LOL)
Anyway, I got completely off topic (happens a lot when you're a cyber-junkie = no REAL talks! LOL).
Thanks a million, Mary. I'm so glad you liked this one because I do believe it was your thongs that inspired it. These are things I haven't thought about in years! :))
Comment from Sandra Stoner-Mitchell
I really related to all that, Dawn, and that last part, put your laptops etc down and do something together, is such good advice. Families are now individual units, not family groups that share the fun together, which is such a shame. I go to the gym now, where the eldest lady is 92! I'm quite young at 70! LOL, and we have the hoola hoops, and I can still keep them spinning round my thickened waist! Loved this one, my friend. Well done! :) Sandra
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I really related to all that, Dawn, and that last part, put your laptops etc down and do something together, is such good advice. Families are now individual units, not family groups that share the fun together, which is such a shame. I go to the gym now, where the eldest lady is 92! I'm quite young at 70! LOL, and we have the hoola hoops, and I can still keep them spinning round my thickened waist! Loved this one, my friend. Well done! :) Sandra
Comment Written 18-Jul-2016